February 16th, 2010 in Fun, Inspiration, Thinking |
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David says:
We’ve just booked our tickets for this years Future of Web Design event and to say the team is excited is a massive understatement! We’ll be learning from the best in the business about where they see the web going and how we can help it get there!
There will be more about this closer to the time, not that we’re counting the days (it’s 90 days away) or anything.
December 21st, 2009 in Branding, Inspiration, Life, Thinking, Work |
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Martin says:
Baroness Greenfield in full flow
Last week we attended ‘The Edge’ organised by the Design Business Association (DBA). The event looked at the links between risk, creativity and success, kicking off with a day of workshops at the RIBA building in Portland Place. Day two saw around 300 delegates gather at The Circus Space in Hoxton where we were entertained, provoked and stimulating by an eclectic list of speakers, such as Baroness Susan Greenfield of The Royal Institution who illuminated us on the links between creativity and intellect, Gary Low, Executive Chef at the Ivy not only fed us but also gave us his views about leadership and TV Producer Russ Malkin talked inspiringly about the links between risk and creativity.
Finally Rob Seymour from Seymour Powell wowed us all with his captivating talk, in which he extolled the virtue of watching people interact with objects and processes to learn how to improve things- It’s not what people say it’s what they do.
At the end of the day Deborah Dawton announced that the DBA would be working with 15 ‘bright sparks’ in 2010, and revealed that during the lunch break the various design ‘pioneers’ had identified several ‘high fliers’ who will now be invited to a series of exclusive masterclasses in 2010. Clearly I must have said something of merit to Erik Spiekermann because they called my name out! For more information about the DBA and The Edge visit the site below or Red Cube Marketing’s blog here.
http://dbatheedge.com/home
November 23rd, 2009 in Fun, Inspiration, Life, Thinking |
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Martin says:
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Our finished staircase
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Lego wall
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James May’s Lego House
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Stickers
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Dinky
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HMS Olympic
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Wall(news)paper
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Paul’s Mini
Around six months ago we started searching for a spiral staircase to access the mezzanine in the studio, so when Emily’s dad mentioned that he just happened to be removing one from his office in London we jumped at the chance.
A splendid Victorian cast iron staircase soon arrived in a hundred pieces much like a giant airfix kit, we had it shot blasted and powder coated, then thanks to the expertise of our friends Mac and Dean it was carefully put back together -(without plans I should add!) and now looks very much at home.
We’ve built a perimeter wall around the mezzanine with shelving so ultimately we ‘ll have a sort of chill out area surrounded by books. We originally considered painting the walls white but then it occurred to me that we could do something a bit more interesting….
So here are my ideas- we’re planning to change the surface on a regular basis all being well, so if you have any bright ideas do let us know. The very best will go into a draw and the selected ones will win something lovely and see their ideas, er, on the wall!
Lego- I thought this might look playful and is inspired by James May’s exploits!
Cars- A wall of solid traffic, as above will no doubt require numerous trips to car boot sales.
Paul Smith Stripes- I’m a big fan of Paul’s stripes. So if he can do a mini, we can certainly do a wall..
Dazzle Camouflage- This amazing modernist painting style was used to disguise the direction and size of british ships during the 1st and 2nd World Wars, perhaps it would work here?
Fruity- as the name suggests, giant fruit stickers could look rather tasty.
Newspaper- Yonks ago I used to regularly visit a Chinese Restaurant which had Chinese newspaper as wallpaper.
Let us know if you have any ideas!
November 13th, 2009 in Inspiration, Thinking |
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Jonathan says:
